bgr_837095 - AKARNANIA - ANACTORION Statère ou Didrachme
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Type : Statère ou Didrachme
Date: c. 330 AC.
Mint name / Town : Anactorium, Acarnanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,34 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Joli portrait d’Athéna, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
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Predigree :
Collection Norbert Michaud, fameux collectionneur d’art japonais
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Pégase volant à gauche.
Obverse legend : (AN)
Obverse translation : (Anactorium).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MONOGRAMME.
Reverse description : Tête d'Athéna à gauche, coiffée du casque corinthien ; derrière un arc.
Reverse legend : (AI) - A
Historical background
AKARNANIA - ANACTORION
(4th century BC)
Anactorium, located at the entrance to the Gulf of Ambracia, near Actium, was one of the oldest Corinthian colonies founded in the 7th century BC. In 425, the Corinthian elements were driven out by the Athenians and the Acarnanians during the Peloponnesian War. During the Sacred War, between 355 and 346 BC, Anactorium, favorable to the Corinthians, sided with the Thebans against the Phocidians. It was at this time that monetary issues resumed.
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